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When Haku was on the verge of death, the Mist Ninja, Zabuza Momochi, understood his own heart; he learned what love was.
It is said that "darkening" triples strength, while "whitening" weakens by a third.
The demon Zabuza, now with love, was no longer the relentless demon he once was. So he decided to find a place to live in seclusion with Haku, perhaps adopting a child in a few years.
Previously defeated by two brats, Zabuza had been quite frustrated. While recovering from his injuries and looking for a secluded spot, he happened to see a team of ninjas secretly observing him, and he took them out to vent his anger.
Zabuza decided not to use his Kubikiribocho (Decapitating Carving Knife) anymore. Having the Kubikiribocho pressed against his neck and being forced to surrender was a hurdle in his mind. If he couldn't get over it, he didn't plan to use that blade ever again.
And because his failure was due to his legs being burned and his movement being hampered, he intentionally used his legs when fighting people, also to vent his frustration.
Kagura was caught in the crossfire, no, caught by the leg.
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Kakashi and Kagura walked in front, with three hangers-on trailing behind.
"Naruto, get in here!" Sakura whispered, crouching behind a wall.
She was still dragging Sasuke. These two teammates gave her a headache.
Who tails someone so openly? Didn't you two listen to anything Sensei taught you back then?
"Oh." Naruto was a bit distracted just now.
He was lamenting the fate of that pair.
In the original story, the two never ended up together, for many reasons.
First, Kakashi was single by choice.
Second, perhaps Kakashi didn't like women.
This could be seen from Kakashi's memories. He remembered when he first met Gai as a child, Gai had injuries. He didn't remember Kazahana Koyuki.
He remembered every look Obito gave him as a child. He didn't remember meeting Kagura as a child.
The third, and most crucial point, was that Kagura's relationship with Konoha was one of enmity. Because this time, Kagura came to steal Konoha's intelligence for a mission assigned by Lock-Front Village, and Kakashi was particularly concerned about this.
But Kakashi wasn't without feelings for Kagura. In the original story, he didn't make a move and let her go when she jumped off a cliff. After Pain destroyed Konoha, Kagura even returned to Konoha once, to see who was self-evident, and Kakashi stood high up, looking at her with complex eyes, but didn't go over.
No one knew what he was thinking.
This was also what Naruto wanted to complain about.
Why are there so many complicated personal affairs in your village?
Look at Zabuza, same gender but still fell in love.
Look at the Sage of Six Paths, different races but still picked up girls like crazy.
Look at Toneri, different planets but he still snatched women.
Look at me, forget different worlds, even different dimensions, didn't I still hook up with a rich lady from the Hyuga clan?
You're just trying to date a girl from the neighboring village, why think about it so complicatedly?
It's like a melodrama.
"Naruto, keep up."
"Oh."
Kakashi and Kagura found a secluded spot and talked in low voices.
Naruto and the other two hid in the bushes, secretly observing.
"They really are dating!" Sakura whispered incredulously,趴 (lying down) behind Sasuke.
Sasuke didn't tell her to 'shut up' this time; he found he was used to it.
Naruto lightly crushed a leaf: "There must be something fishy about this, Sasuke, what do you think?"
Sasuke gave him a scarlet gaze.
The meaning was obvious: I'll use my Sharingan to see.
"Sasuke, what are they saying?" Sakura asked softly.
"Kakashi has already found us. He's using hand gestures to tell us to leave. The woman is saying the clouds resemble her parents." Sasuke relayed the lip-reading from his Sharingan.
Sharingan had many passive abilities, most of them very practical. Naruto always wanted to get a pair to keep in his pocket, put them on when needed, and take them off when done. He just didn't know which pair to get.
Now he decided: he'd get Sasuke's pair, just because he didn't speak properly!
His evil left hand was itching to cause trouble.
"Hmm??" Sasuke turned his head.
Suppressing his unruly left hand, Naruto also asked: "What is Kakashi saying now?"
"Music."
"What?" Sakura asked, confused.
Sasuke continued his live broadcast: "Kakashi asked her, 'Is there any situation where a person listens to a sad song and laughs loudly?'"
Naruto clenched his fists in anger. Come, Sasuke, after this is over, let's meet at the Valley of the End. I'll see if I can make you speak more than five words.
"She said she'd never seen such a thing."
Sakura gently let go of Sasuke: "They're leaving. Should we keep following?"
"No." Naruto, in a bad mood, replied casually.
At the same time, he was thinking about how to bring this couple together. He had this idea the moment he saw it was Kagura.
It wasn't that Kagura particularly caught Naruto's eye; at most, she'd get a 90 out of 100 points from him. But her name made Naruto give her an extra 910 points, because the voice actor for his favorite character, Theresa, from Honkai Impact 3rd in his previous life was named Kagura.
The main reason was that Kakashi had been silently screwing him over behind his back, which made Naruto somewhat unable to accept.
Although he himself had also been silently screwing over Kakashi, those were after death, and he couldn't see them anyway.
So the moment he saw Kagura, he had a bold idea.
That was to meticulously plan Kakashi's entire life.
To what extent?
There was no need to mention his life and death. Naruto even wanted to arrange Kakashi's funeral and epitaph, even while he was stuck between life and death.
The funeral still needed specific arrangements. Naruto had already thought of the epitaph.
"Chidori Earth Release, outshining the ninja world, Sixth Hokage's life, second to none."
Sixteen characters, perfectly encapsulating Kakashi's life.
"They're so well-matched." Sakura, hugging Sasuke's arm, looked at the retreating pair with envy.
Naruto was ready to implement his plan, pinching his brow: "I still feel there's something fishy."
"Why?" Sakura asked.
"How could a woman like Kakashi-sensei?!"
"Your evaluation of Kakashi-sensei is too low." The length of this sentence indicated it was Sakura who said it.
"No, I need to investigate this properly."
"Where do we investigate?" Sasuke asked. There's no information, we don't even know what to call it, how are we supposed to investigate?
Naruto ignored him. I don't want to talk to you right now.
Naruto just wanted an excuse to execute the first step of his Kakashi life plan.
The first step was simple: keep Kagura in Konoha.
Keeping Kagura would be similar to how he dealt with the spy sent by GatĹŤ last time.
In the original story, Kagura said she didn't grow up in Lock-Front Village, had no feelings for the village, and everything was for the mission. Her current mission was to gather intelligence in Konoha.
As long as he made her superior disappear before she received her next command, her mission would forever be stuck on 'gathering intelligence in Konoha.'
Of course, it was also possible that Lock-Front Village would continue to send people to contact Kagura. Naruto also had a countermeasure: first, send the dispatched people to the Land of Snow to plant potatoes, and then go to Lock-Front Village to flatten a few mountains to deliver the concept of peace.
By then, Naruto believed the Lock-Front Village chief would surely understand what "mutual affection" meant and what "taking a step back opens up a wider sky" meant.
To arrange Kakashi's life, Naruto was truly putting his all into it.
But first, Naruto had to tell his teammates some information about Kagura. This couldn't come from him; it had to come from someone else.
So how do you get intelligence on a spy from another source? Of course, you use a spy against a spy.
Naruto also had a spy in Konoha, and one that was lurking right beside the Hokage.
He put his fingers to his lips and blew a loud whistle.
Five seconds later, a pig dashed out of the Hokage Tower.